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3.00 Credits
Davis. An investigation of Japanese painting and practice from the earliest pictorial representations through the late twentieth century. Painting style and connoisseurship will form the basis of analysis, and themes such as landscape, narrative, and the expression of cultural identities in painting, will be considered in the context of larger social and cultural issues. Topics include: tomb painting, Heian development of "yamato-e," ink painting and the adaptation of Chinese styles, the expansion of patronage in the 18th century, and the turn toward internationalism in the late 19th and 20th centuries. May include visits to the PMA or other local collections, as available.
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Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Steinhardt. Study of Chinese painting and practice from the earliest pictorial representation through the late twentieth century. Painting style forms the basis of analysis, and themes such as landscape and narrative will be considered with regard to larger social and cultural issues. The class will pay particular attention to the construction of the concepts of the "artist" and "art criticism" and their impact on the field into the present. Visits to look at paintings at the University of Pennsylvania Museum, PMA and/or local collections will be offered when possible.
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Humanities & Social Science Sector. Class of 2010 & beyond. Holod. Also fulfills General Requirement in History & Tradition for Class of 2009 and prior. A one-semester survey of Islamic art and architecture which will examine visual culture as it functions within the larger sphere of Islamic culture in general. Particular attention will be given to relationships between visual culture and literature, using specific case studies, sites or objects which may be related to various branches of Islamic literature, including historical,didactic, philosophical writings, poetry and religious texts. All primary sources will be available in English translation.
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Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Davis. Study of the major art forms and architecture of Tokugawa (or Edo) period (1603-1868). In this course, we will consider how the arts of this era occur within an increasingly urban and modern culture, particularly with regard to the city of Edo. Issues of the articulation of authority in the built environment, the reinvention of classical styles, and patronage, among others. May include visits to the PMA, University Museum, or other local collections, as available.
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Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Haselberger, Kuttner. This course surveys Greek art and architecture, from Sicily to the Black Sea, between the 10th and 2nd centuries BCE (Dark Age to Hellenistic). Civic, religious, and domestic buildings and spaces were intimately connected with images. These reange from public sculpture and painting on and around grand buildings gardens, to domestic luxury arts like jewelry, cups vases, mosaic floors. Art and architecture addressed heroic epic religious and political themes, and also every-day life and emotions. Current themes include Greek ways of looking at art and space, and Greek ideas of invention and progress; the role of monuments, makers and patrons in Greek society; and connections with the other cultures who inspired and made use of Greek artists and styles. The course will exploit the University Museum, regional museums where possible.
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Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Haselberger, Kuttner. An intensive introduction to the art and architecture of Rome and her empire from Republican and later Hellenistic to Constantinian times. Variable emphasis on topics ranging from major genres, styles, and programs of commemorative and decorative art, historical narrative, and political iconography to building types and functions and the specific Etrusco-Roman notion of space, land division, and city planning.
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Shank. This course is designed to give the student an overview of the cultures of the Aegean Bronze Age. The art and architecture of Crete, the Cyclades and the Mainland of Greece will be examined in chronological order, with an emphasis on materials and techniques. In addition, larger issues such as the development of social complexity and stratification, and the changing balance of power during the Aegean Bronze Age will be examined. There are two texts for the course: Sinclair Hood's The Arts in Prehistoric Greece and Donald Preziosi and Louise Hitchcock's Aegean Art and the Architecture.
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Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Pittman. Survey of the art of Ancient Egypt from the Predynastic Period through the New Kingdom. Emphasis on major monuments of architecture, sculpture, relief and painting; questions stylistic change and historical context.
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Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Pittman.A survey of the art of Mesopotamian and Egyptian cultures from 4000 B.C. through the conquest of Alexander the Great.
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Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Maxwell. An introductory survey, this course investigates painting, sculpture, and the "minor arts" of the Middle Ages. Students will become familiar with selected major monuments of the Late Antique, Byzantine, Carolingian, Romanesque, and Gothic periods, as well as primary textual sources. Analysis of works emphasizes the cultural context, the thematic content, and the function of objects. Discussions focus especially on several key themes: the aesthetic status of art and the theological role of images; the revival of classical models and visual modes; social rituals such as pilgrimage and crusading; the cult of the Virgin and the status of women in art; and, more generally, the ideology of visual culture across the political and urban landscapes.
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